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Why We Fight to Prevent Stolen Elections in 2012 and Beyond
Independent journalists discuss the importance to maintaining the integrity of American politics through investigative journalism.
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The Presidential Election and the Prospects for a Decent Future
The content and character of the 2012 U.S. presidential election does not bode well for the human race and other life on Earth.
Blind Faith as Profit Engine: How Free Market Worshipers Use Christian Utopianism to Bilk the Middle Class
The neoliberal utopianism that caused the financial crisis has been repackaged for the 2012 election, where it masks a giant swindle that transfers wealth from low- and middle-income citizens …
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The Politics of Inequality
How to End Hard Times? Reduce Inequality
A new report from a United Nations group details how low inequality promotes economic growth u2014 and blasts away at a status quo where the most profitable firms end …
America’s Deficit Attention Disorder
Money is the least of our problems. Itu2019s time to pay attention to the real deficits that are killing us.
Inequality Rises as Union Numbers Decline
By now, weu2019ve all heard about the growing disparity between rich and poor u2014 and most of us have felt the effects. This chart, posted by Colin Gordon of …
How the 1 Percent and Transnational Corporations Hijacked Our Political System and What to Do About It
A major political realignment is the only way plutocratic control over our current elected officials in DC will change, according to Chuck Collins in his new book,
This Next Generation Will Be Left Behind in the Land of No Opportunity
Over the past forty years the American worker has gone from riches to rags, not the other way around.